Recall of Medication Instructions, Understanding of Medication Instructions
Conditions
Keywords
Prescription drug information, Medication management
Brief summary
Research shows that well-developed icons and other pictorials aid in the comprehension of medication information and are effective in improving patients' medication management. This experimental study seeks to test the effect of icons and structured medication information on subjects' processing and recall of simulated medication instructions in a computer testing environment. The study planned to enroll 200 subjects.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALDrug indication icons
Icons illustrate the purpose of each medication
BEHAVIORALStructured instructions
Graphical format shows what time(s) of day each medication should be taken
Sponsors
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)
PictureRx, LLC
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
FACTORIAL
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Be at least 18 years old * Fluency in English or Spanish * Manage their own prescription medicines, and * Be taking at least one chronic medication
Exclusion criteria
* Too ill to complete the experiment * Having visual acuity worse than 20/50 via Rosenbaum Visual Acuity exam (eyechart) * Inability to communicate in either Spanish or English * Overt psychiatric illnesses, overt delirium or dementia
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Understanding of medication instructions | Within 10-20 minutes | Participants' ability to state the drug indication |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Recall of medication instructions | Within 10-20 minutes | Participants' ability to recall the instructions after viewing a series of medications |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed